Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000277
Western Heights Elementary School
1100 Elizabeth Street, Westlake, LA 70669 · (337) 217-4930 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
194 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 125 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 28% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
50.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
47.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Western Heights Elementary School
Western Heights Elementary School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Heights Elementary School this school | 343 | 56.6% | 44.0% |
| Branch Elementary School Branch | 374 | 58.8% | 35.0% |
| Start Elementary School Start | 332 | 59.6% | 25.0% |
| Jena Elementary School Jena | 381 | 53.3% | N/A |
| LeBleu Settlement Elementary School Lake Charles | 386 | 53.6% | 66.8% |
| Blanchard Elementary School Shreveport | 363 | 55.9% | 29.7% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Western Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #164 of 583 | #12 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #151 of 582 ▲ 1 | #12 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #188 of 587 ▼ 41 | #14 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #161 of 540 | #10 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #481 of 714 | #20 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #459 of 655 | #27 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #429 of 655 | #17 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #570 of 705 | #26 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #261 of 436 | #20 of 29 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
343
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 19.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 343 | 23.5 | 14.6:1 | 57% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 22.2 | 16.1:1 | 54% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 17.5 | 19.5:1 | 56% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 17 | 19.4:1 | 95% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 22.4 | 17.5:1 | 29% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 40% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 23 | 15.5:1 | 72% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 61% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 522 | 35 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Western Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (393 to 343); teachers up 5% (22.4 to 23.5).
About Western Heights Elementary School
A small elementary school in Westlake, Louisiana, Western Heights Elementary School is part of Calcasieu Parish. The school enrolls 343 students in grades 3 through 5. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll around 453, and this school is 24% below that mark.
The 56 schools of Calcasieu Parish, including Western Heights Elementary School, enroll 27,851 students.
The student body at Western Heights Elementary School is 75% White. The school is also 15% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 66%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
The school has 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.6 students per teacher. That is in line with the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Of all students at Western Heights Elementary School, 57% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Calcasieu Parish is similar, at 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Western Heights Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 68% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Western Heights Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (44.0% versus 43.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Louisiana.
For the population of Calcasieu Parish, median household income comes to about $67,564, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Calcasieu Parish's 61 public schools enroll about 30,278 students and include Western Heights Elementary School.
Western Heights Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Westlake High School, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Western Heights Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 44.0% versus a 29.9% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 343 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 329. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.4:1 to 14.6:1 over the same years.
On allk12, people connected to Western Heights Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Calcasieu Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,088
Census ACS
Median income
$67,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
30,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calcasieu Parish
- Sulphur High SchoolHigh · 1,911 students
- Alfred M. Barbe High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- S. J. Welsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Iowa High SchoolHigh · 1,007 students
- Moss Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 969 students
Other schools in Westlake
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 487 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 412 students
- S. P. Arnett Middle SchoolMiddle · 374 students
Nearby schools
- Westlake High School0.5 mi · 487
- Westwood Elementary School0.7 mi · 412
- S. P. Arnett Middle School1.2 mi · 374
- Maplewood Middle School3.6 mi · 319
- Maplewood Elementary3.6 mi · 640
- Barbe Elementary School4.1 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About Western Heights Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Western Heights Elementary School?
Western Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 343 students in grades 03-05.
Is Western Heights Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Western Heights Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Western Heights Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Western Heights Elementary School.
How diverse is Western Heights Elementary School?
Western Heights Elementary School reports a student body of 75% White, 4% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Western Heights Elementary School in?
Western Heights Elementary School is part of Calcasieu Parish.
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